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"Ambassades mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des Provinces Unies vers les Empereurs du Japon. Contenant plusieurs choses remarquables arrivées pendant le voyage des Ambassadeurs ; et deplus, la description Des Villes, Bourgs , Châteaux , Forteresses, Temples &...."
" Amsterdam, (Jan van Meurs), 1680, in-folio, 35 x 22,5 cm, 2 parts in one volume. (8)nn pp ( engraved title, typographical title printed in red & black, dedication with engraved vignet) + 227 pp + (8)nn pp ( table) + (1)(bl.) ; 146 pp + (6)nn pp (table) + 26 engravings outside the text ( 1 folding map + 4 folding plates + 21 double-page plates) , with 70 engravings in the text. ( complete ). the printer's name on the typographical title has a tipped on label with the name of the Paris printer-publisher ''Antoine Cellier'' , ruë de la Harpe. Bound in contemporary full mottled calf, raised spine with gilt decoration and title in gold on spine. With floral roll decoration on the board edges. Sprinkled edges. Binding in a very good state of preservation. Lower margin of the first two pages with some soiling , some marginal tears in a few text pages repaired with old transparent paper applied on one side. A few of the double-page plates equally repaired in the lower end of the fold, some sparse stains at a few pages. Overall a fine copy in a very well preserved contemporary binding. On the title page is a small written name ( ex-libris ?) ''D. Loos''. In the upper margin of the first paste down is written '' Marselary. du don de mon Père le premier jour de l'an 1682''. Underneath this line is a very small 19th c. label ( 2 x 1 cm) with the manuscript inscription '' bibliothèque de lue '' (?). This is the first edition in French of Montanus' work on Japan. The very first edition in Dutch was published in 1669. It was to become the most informative and best illustrated work on Japan, its history, topography;culture and politics for a long period. This French edition contains 4 reworked large plates and also, for the first time, a view of Fort Zeelandia in Taiwan. The book contains firsthand information collected by Jesuit missions to Japan in 1649 and 1661 ; VOC embassies by Bloovius Frisium, Zacharias Wagenaer (1657) ; Hendrik Indyk (1661 ).. (See Cordier Japonica 385 ; Cox I 325 ; Landwehr VOC 525.)."
De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld of Beschryving van America en 't Zuid-Land, vervaetende d'oorsprong der Americaenen en Zuidlanders, gedenkwaerdige togten derwaerds....
" 41. Amsterdam, Jacob Meurs, 1671, thick in-folio, 31,5 x 20 cm, engraved title+ title with engraved vignette + full page portrait of Ioan Maurits Nassau + (4) + large folding map of the Americas + 585 pp + (27)(index, list of plates), with 70 half-page in-text engravings, complete with seven portraits, fifteen double-page maps and thirty-two double-page views. Total of 55 plates (54 according the list + the Maurits portrait ; complete copy ). Bound in contemporary full vellum with blindtooling on both covers, raised back with manuscript title on spine. Binding a bit soiled but technically very sound, interior with the usual few minor stains , a small waterstain at the last (index) leaves, on the whole a very good copy with the plates in excellent condition. This a well preserved copy of this rare and important book in its original Dutch vellum binding. First edition of this finely illustrated book covering all of the Americas. It was the best illustrated work of the American continent at the time of publication and it was almost immediately translated in English (by John Ogilby) and German. The plates in the text are the same as those in the translations, but are by definition earlier and therefore better printings. It contains e.g. a map of the New-York area where Brooklyn is still called Breukelen, a map of Virginia, Carolina. The folding map at the beginning still depicts California as an island. The book contains also an important section on Brazil. Church 613, Sabin 50086, Streeter HBS 52892.."
De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld of Beschryving van America en 't Zuid-Land...
" 41. Amsterdam, Jacob Meurs, 1671, thick in-folio, 31,5 x 19,5 cm, engraved title+ title with engraved vignette + full page portrait of Ioan Maurits Nassau + (4) + large folding map of the Americas + 585 pp + (27)(index, list of plates), with 70 half-page in-text engravings, complete with seven portraits, fifteen double-page maps and thirty-two double-page views. This a total of 55 plates (54 according the list + the Maurits portrait ; complete copy) . Bound in contemporary full vellum with blindtooling on both covers, raised back. Joints of binding expertly repaired, endpapers renewed, margins of the first leaves repaired, folding map repaired with some loss of original paper in the fold (practically no loss of information as it occurs in the ocean). A few tears repaired in the double-page plates, some thumbmarks and or stains at a few leaves. Notwithstanding these defects still a fine/good copy of this rare and important book in its original Dutch vellum binding. First edition of this finely illustrated book covering all of the Americas. It was the best illustrated work of the American continent at the time of publication and it was almost immediately translated in English (by John Ogilby) and German. The plates in the text are the same as those in the translations, but are by definition earlier and therefore better printings. It contains e.g. a map of the New-York area where Brooklyn is still called Breukelen, a map of Virginia, Carolina. The folding map at the beginning still depicts California as an island. The book contains also an important section on Brazil. Church 613, Sabin 50086, Streeter HBS 52892.."
De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld of Beschryving van America en 't Zuid-Land. (incomplete copy) .
" 41. Amsterdam, Jacob Meurs, 1671, thick in-folio, 31,5 x 19,5 cm, engraved title+ title with engraved vignette + full page portrait of Ioan Maurits Nassau + (4) + large folding map of the Americas + 585 pp + (27)(index, list of plates), with 70 half-page in-text engravings, incomplete with only six of the seven portraits, and 13 of the 47 double-page views or maps missing. The large folding map of the Americas is also missing. Bound in contemporary full vellum with blindtooling on both covers, raised back. A fine copy of this rare and important book in its original Dutch vellum binding but unfortunately lacking a total of 15 plates (out of 55). A list of the of the lacking plates can be had upon e-mail request. First edition of this finely illustrated book covering all of the Americas. It was the best illustrated work of the American continent at the time of publication and it was almost immediately translated in English (by John Ogilby) and German. The plates in the text are the same as those in the translations, but are by definition earlier and therefore better printings. It contains e.g. a map of the New-York area where Brooklyn is still called Breukelen, a map of Virginia, Carolina. The folding map at the beginning still depicts California as an island. The book contains also an important section on Brazil. Church 613, Sabin 50086, Streeter HBS 52892. Incomplete copy. Lacking; large folding map of the Americas, Novi Belgii quod Novi Yorck, Nova Virginia , Virginia Partis Australis & Florida , Insulae Almericanae in Oceano Septentrionali , Nova Mexico , portrait of Muteczuma , Yucatan & Guatemala , Terra Firma , Peru , Brasil , Venezuela , Paraquaria , Chili , Magellanica."
